Philosophy 40

Question 0

What was the immediate cause of the Reformation given by the author?

Answer 0

Renaissance spirit/secularization

Question 1

What was the proximate cause of the Reformation given by the author?

Answer 1

Indulgences

Question 2

What was Luther’s view of man?

Answer 2

It was the whole man who was corrupt and needed God’s forgiveness, not just particular sins

Question 3

According to Luther, what had become antithetical to the individual Christians need for faith?

Answer 3

Sacramental rituals, art, complex organizational structures, priestly hierarchy, rational theology of the Scholastics, belief in purgatory, the Church itself

Question 4

What had the Church preceded?

Answer 4

The Church had preceded the New Testament

Question 5

Where was “true Christianity” to be found according to Luther?

Answer 5

According to Luther, true Christianity was as founded on faith, grace, and Scripture alone